Tuesday, November 03, 2015

Daily Prompts 2726-2750 -

03 November 2015 - 08:20

2726 "Lord, Lord, Lord, it was worth a try." (Harry Chapin)2727 I hear the gentle click and clack of Mary's ghost making tea2728 RHUBARB2729 It was a night for old ideas, smoke, murder2730 A quart of milk, four ounces of tea, and a pound of arsenic (for the rats)

2731 When girls wore petticoats and smelt of Tweed2732 I am thinking of writing a bible2733 We listened while those who knew the secrets talked2734 A joyous fucking YES? Really?2735 You will not convince me this is better. I say bitter

2736 By the bowels of your mother!2737 Come here, let me mop your brow and sing2738 A bright bird on a dark sky2739 And then again, and again, and again2740 There was something here when I looked before

2741 What matters, nothing else, is whether the line is straight2742 I have a degree in self-pity, a PhD in misery2743 Ants, Yummy!2744 Reading older poetry, flicking through today's2745 Admit it, there can be too much singing

2746 The Last Bus Home, Old girls in leather skirts and top-deck Karaoke2747 Woman, red jacket, dog, a silver greyhound2748 I suppose you can fuck me. This is as joyous as it gets.2749 Die o'clock, getting on for late2750 My flame has died. Occasionally I poot dull smoke

About Me

I'm a full-time writer and teacher of creative writing.
I gave up the day job in 1992 and struck a three-book deal a year later.
Published 5 crime novels 1994-1997 then switched to writing serious short fiction.
I run an internet writing school known as Boot Camp, which is direct and honest and expects hard work.
While in Boot Camp, Boot Campers have won 131 First Prizes, many more after they have left.
Boot Campers and ex-Boot Campers have published or are about to publish 20 Novels and 7 short-story collections.
Six Boot Campers have become editors of journals. Two have earned MA with Distinction in Creative Writing
I tell the truth about writers and writing, which regularly gets me banned from writing sites.
My pet hates are those sites where beginning writers lie to each other about how wonderful their work is. Three years later the writing is basically the same and the praise is even higher. What's missing is genuine growth and worthwhile publications.
Favourite short stories are "A Silver Dish" by Saul Bellow, "The Ledge" by Lawrence Sargeant Hall, "The 27th Man" by Nathan Englander